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Re: Having trouble with Vista networking in a Domain
You're welcome. Is the server Windows Server 2003 or Windows Small Business
Server 2003? Both are fairly easy to get DNS configured but the procedure is
different. Post back with some details about how the network is set up and
we can help you.
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Kerry Brown
MS-MVP - Windows Desktop Experience: Systems Administration http://www.vistahelp.ca/phpBB2/
"Mat Brown" <matbrown@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:zAp_j.1145$3f1.369@xxxxxx Quote:
> Oh, wow, that's not very encouraging, but it makes perfect sense now
> that you explain it. I don't know why, but I had been assuming that the
> server had been setup correctly. This opens a whole new can of worms. I
> was
> really hoping for something that was going to be a simple fix. Well, as
> much
> as I don't like the answer, I still thank you for explaining it to me.
> Many thanks!
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Kerry Brown" <kerry@xxxxxx-tems.c*a*m> Quote:
>> For active directory to work properly a domain controller has to be
>> running an active directory integrated DNS server and all clients joined
>> to the domain have to use this and only this DNS server. This is a
>> simplified version and as always there are exceptions but if you go by
>> that rule active directory (and Vista) will be happy. There are many
>> other things that will help like an active directory DHCP server, WINS
>> server, etc. DNS is the key factor though.
>>
>> It sounds like DNS is misconfigured on their domain. I'd recommend they
>> or you get someone in who knows how to set up active directory. It sounds
>> like the missing consultant didn't do it right. XP can sort of work with
>> NETBIOS when AD DNS is misconfigured. Vista is much pickier. If they get
>> DNS working properly they will see a speed up when accessing domain
>> resources from XP and Vista will work.
>>
>> --
>> Kerry Brown
>> MS-MVP - Windows Desktop Experience: Systems Administration
>> http://www.vistahelp.ca/phpBB2/
>>
>>
>>
>> "Mat Brown" <matbrown@xxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:IPGZj.35$2C.20@xxxxxx Quote:
>>> I guess first some background. I got a call from a client to come get
>>> a Vista laptop working on their domain. I haven't worked very much with
>>> domains (I have a lot of experience with workgroups, just not so much
>>> with domains) and even less experience with Vista. Still, it sounded
>>> like no problem. They have the domain running on a 2003 Server, and as
>>> much as I would like to sit down with the guy who set it up and find out
>>> how he had it configured, he's nowhere to be found, hence why they
>>> called me. The stage is set.
>>>
>>> First thing I discover is that the laptop is running Home Premium, so
>>> I have to upgrade it to Vista Ultimate. Once that's done I start by
>>> copying network settings off of one of the XP boxes. (All the other
>>> computers in the office except the server and the laptop I am working on
>>> are running XP Pro.) Well, Vista gives me the Domain Controller Not
>>> Found error, and I double check, and it has the same DNS address as the
>>> XP boxes that can find it, but it still can't find it. So I feed it the
>>> IP address of the Domain Controller for DNS and after that it can find
>>> it just fine. I create a new user on the Domain Controller in the same
>>> group as the other people in that office, and log the laptop onto the
>>> domain. So far so good. The domain controller also doubles as their file
>>> server, and I can get into the main folder that's shared out, but not
>>> all of the folders inside that one. I can get in to some, but not
>>> others, access is denied. I can't figure out any pattern to it, but it
>>> doesn't seem to be just random, it's consistent every time, it doesn't
>>> change with reboots, the ones I can get into I can always get into, the
>>> ones I cannot, I cannot ever get into. Get this, however, if I open the
>>> share by IP address rather than by server name, I can get into all of
>>> the subfolders just fine. So I map the drives they want mapped by IP
>>> rather than by name, and that seems to work just fine. Next I go to
>>> setup the printer shared off of another user's computer in the same
>>> room. The computer the printer is on shows up in the network browser,
>>> but when I try to access it I get a login dialog. I try the domain login
>>> for the laptop, I try the local login for the computer the printer is
>>> connected to, and neither of them will let me in. The thing is, I
>>> shouldn't need to log into that computer at all, since the printer is
>>> shared with all the other users in the domain. I've double and triple
>>> checked the user account on the server, and it appears to have the exact
>>> same settings as the users who can access everything properly. I can
>>> keep on like I have been, and find a workaround to make the printer
>>> work, but I'm really thinking what I've been doing is finding
>>> workarounds for the symptoms, there is some larger problem here, and
>>> unless I identify it and fix it I will keep having to fight the
>>> symptoms. I am just at a loss for how to fix the larger problem, or even
>>> what it really is. I'm hoping someone here who has had experience making
>>> Vista work in a domain will recognize what I've got going on and can
>>> give me some help, because I need some help.
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance!
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